Rail-joint.



w. w. MCCLAY.

RAILJOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4', I9I8.

l,278,4189 Patent-ed sept. 10,1918i 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 4.1918.-l

LQ'YBASQ, j Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

S14/:genio z WILLIAM W. IVICCLAY, 0F HICAG-O, ILLINOIS, SSIGNOROFONE-HALF TO WALTER R.

SAMPSON, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Application led May 4, 1918.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it 'known that I, l/VILLIAM WV. MCCLAY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for fastening together the meetingends of railway rails, and its object is to provide a novel and improvedrail joint which is simple, strong and durable, the parts which make upthe joint being so constructed and arranged that they can be easilyassembled.

The object stated is attained by means of a combination and arrangementof parts. to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that thesame may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specifica'- tion.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the joint; Fig. 2 is a cross-section onthe line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the joint with oneof the fish plates removed; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the adjacentends of the two rail sections; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a fragmentof one of the -rail sections; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of thefish plates, and Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the other fish plate,partly broken away.

Referring specifically to the drawings, l0 and l1 respectively, denotefragments of two adjoining rail sections. At the Vmeeting ends of thesesections, their webs are recessed to receive web blocks on two fishplates 12 and 13, respectively, extending across the joint on oppositesides of the rails and secured by bolts 14 as usual.

The web 10u of the rail l0 is cut away at the rail base 10b for somedistance inward of the rail end, but the cut does not extend as far upas the rail head l0C which leaves a short portion 10I of the weboverhanging the recess. The bottom edge 10e of this overhanging portionof the web is horizontal and at its inner end is a short vertical webedge 10t from which the web edge extends to the rail base 10b with aninclination, as shown at 10g, to produce a further overhang or undercut.One side of the web portion 10d is cut away to produce a recess 10hextending inward of the rail end as far as the shoulder produced by theedge 10i.

Serial No. 232,517.

The web 11a of therail 11 is shaped in every way similar to the web ofthe rail 10, but reversed, so that when the two rail sections areassembled end to end, there is produced a recess across the joint inwhich seat the web blocks on the fish plates 12 and 13, to be presentlydescribed. The recess is described as being formed by cutting awaycertain portions of the rail, but it will be understoodv that the railmay be rolled or otherwise fashioned in the desired shape.

On the inner face of the fish plate 12 is an integral block 12a which isshaped to seat in the lower portion of the recess hereinbeforedescribed. This block extends up as high as the bottom of the web edges10t and its ends are beveled, as shown at 12b to fit the inclines 10g.In the space in the recess not occupied by the block 12L seats a flange132L extending laterally from the bottom of a block 13b seating in theportions 10h of the recess. This block is on the inner face of the fishplate 13 and its bottom edge seats on top of the block 12a when thelatter is in place.

By the structure hereinbefore described a strong and durable rail jointis provided. The rails are so securely held that spreading tendency isreduced to a minimum. The web blocks on the fish plates provide areinforce'- ment for the same effectually resisting all tendency todistortion from side strain. The joint is simple and smooth and itinvolves no extra or loose parts. It will also be seen that the jointcan be easily assembled, and the fastening of the rails involves no morelabor than a joint made with ordinary fish plates.

I claim:

l. The combination with the meeting ends of adjacent rail sections; offish plates extending across the joint, said fish plates havlng webblocks on their inner faces located at different heights with respect toeach other with one block seating on the other, the ends of the railsections having recessed webs in which the blocks seat, the rail websalso having a recess in one of their faces, and one of the web blockshaving a portion seating in said recess.

2. The combination with the meeting ends of adjacent rail sections; offish plates extending across the joint, one of the sh plates having a'web block on its inner face terminating short of the top thereof, and

the other fish plate having a web block extending downward from the topthereof and terminating short of the bottom, with an outstanding flangeseating onthe first 'men- Y tioned web block, the ends of the railsections having recessed webs in which the first mentioned block and theflange seat, and vsaid webs also having a recess on one side in vwhichthe second mentioned block seats.

p terminating short of the top thereof, and

the otheriish plate having a web block eX- Copies of this patent may beobtained for tending downward from the topV thereof and terminatingshort of 'the bottom, with an 'outstanding flange seating on the irstmentioned web block, the ends of the rail sections having recessed websin which the first mentioned block and the flange seat, and said websalso having a recess on one side in which the second mentioned blocklseats, the ends of the first mentioned web block being beveled, and theadjacent wall of the web recess being eorrespondingly undercut;

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WLLIAMV W. MGCLAY;

flvey cents each, by` addressing the Commissioner of Patents;Washington, D. G.

